Old Dublin city 1930's street scenes

Early 20th century Ireland photographs of O'Connell Street Bridge,
1930's Dublin city center street scene. Electric trams, vintage cars & pedestrians on O'Connell Street Bridge with a Guinness Barge on the River Liffey, making its way upriver to the nearby Guinness Brewery.

The Guinness barges ferried beer barrels from the James Street brewery to Victoria Quay where the Guinness ships docked. Up until the late 1950's the barges were used extensively on Ireland's waterways to transport kegs of Guinness. Their funnels were hinged, enabling them to be lowered when travelling under the Liffey's bridges at high tides.

Old Dublin Ireland photograph c1934, O'Connell Street & Eden Quay viewed from Aston Quay on the South side of the River Liffey, with tram & vintage car traffic on O'Connell Street bridge. The stationary horse & trap at the lower left of the image is a hackney driver waiting for a fare and a taxi rank still exists at the same location. Looking down O'Connell Street, the twin veranda shutters of Clerys department store are visible to the right of
Nelsons Pillar.